Boasters League round 3~~
As players ease
themselves back into the season, the league hasn’t quite yet kicked into full
gear. Some seem to be struggling to get the motor running and find their way to
the courts. We are three weeks in and at the time I am writing this, 29 players are still yet to record a
score. We also have 29 players that
haven’t recorded a bonus point either. I am sure that will change quickly,
right?
Mongoose scooted
ahead this week, catapulting themselves into first place by picking up 38
points, 11 better than the next best Nicker
Ballers. The rest of the field is keeping relatively tight quarters with
one another, with the exception of Over
Served that already need to be careful not to fall too far behind. Picking
up a paltry 14 points this week is not a formula for success. Once again, just
like last week, five teams scored
more points for simply walking in the door than what they did for walking on the
court. This also needs to change quickly, right?
There were some interesting results this week for the ones
who did manage to play. Ryan Covell
(Nicker Ballers) fell 1-2 to Brain Rassel (Wardogs) in a topsy-turvy match that had some good squash and some
scrappy squash thrown into the mix as well. There still may be some rust to
shake off, often the length was lacking here, but it was still competitive nonetheless.
Shot of the match goes hands down, however, to Ryan who produced the overhead mid-court
backhand volley into the front right corner nick. A shot that stopped him in
his tracks, as he wasn’t too sure what he had just done. It may be the first backhand
volley nick he had ever hit, he no doubt had blissful dreams about it last
night as well! It was pretty, I must admit.
George Kordas (Foss Nation) stunned all the pundits by
pinching a game off Jed Elley (Butter Nutz) with some old school sharp
and low racquetball angles catching Jed a little on his heels. George of
course, recognizing how successful that tactic was, employed it on the doubles
court soon thereafter – with Jed as his partner this time – and the pair took
down the current DAC doubles club champions Vikram Chopra and Stefan
Houbtchev 3-1. Actually, Vikram and Stefan are 0 for 2 in the doubles
league so far, but we since this is an article on the Boasters League, I won’t waste
time and mention that.
Blake Roller (Mongoose) thought he was in for an easy
ride against Matt Peleman (Vivio’s) after steamrolling through the
first game 15-2. But Matt shook it all off for the second and third and made up
for the slow start to sneak the 2-1 victory. In other tough matches, Jordan Dean (Nicker Ballers) handed Michael
DiFrancesco (Wardogs) his first
loss of the season with a 2-1 win; Jerry
Rock (Mongoose) gets his third win
in a row with a 2-1 victory over Tom
Fabbri (Vivio’s); and Kevin Thomas (Nick at Night) is two for two after taking down Jay Poplawski (Over Served) 2-1.
As November creeps closer (yes, we are just over 2 months
away from Christmas… Muwahahaha!) the stress of matches piling up on people is
staring to become real. All players must reach the 5 match minimum mark in
order to play in the second half, so you cannot afford to wait any longer. We
need to pick it up.
